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The Motorcycle Diaries

Original title: Diarios de motocicleta
  • 20042004
  • RR
  • 2h 6m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
102K
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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
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AdventureBiographyDrama
The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling.The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling.The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling.
IMDb RATING
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102K
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    • Walter Salles
    • Ernesto 'Che' Guevara(book "Notas de viaje")
    • Alberto Granado(book "Con el Che por America Latina")
    • Jose Rivera(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Gael García Bernal
    • Rodrigo de la Serna
    • Mía Maestro
    • Walter Salles
    • Ernesto 'Che' Guevara(book "Notas de viaje")
    • Alberto Granado(book "Con el Che por America Latina")
    • Jose Rivera(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Gael García Bernal
    • Rodrigo de la Serna
    • Mía Maestro
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 313User reviews
    • 189Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Rodrigo de la Serna in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
    Rodrigo de la Serna, Gael García Bernal, Mía Maestro, Pablo Ramos, Walter Salles, and Julia Solomonoff in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
    Gael García Bernal and Walter Salles in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
    Walter Salles and Alberto Granado in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
    Rodrigo de la Serna in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
    Rodrigo de la Serna and Gael García Bernal in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
    Gustavo Bueno and Gael García Bernal in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
    Gael García Bernal in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
    Rodrigo de la Serna and Gael García Bernal in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
    Rodrigo de la Serna and Gael García Bernal in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
    The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
    Rodrigo de la Serna and Gael García Bernal in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

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    Gael García Bernal
    Gael García Bernal
    • Ernesto Guevara de la Serna
    Rodrigo de la Serna
    Rodrigo de la Serna
    • Alberto Granado
    • (as Rodrigo De la Serna)
    Mía Maestro
    Mía Maestro
    • Chichina Ferreyra
    Mercedes Morán
    Mercedes Morán
    • Celia de la Serna (Argentina)
    Jean Pierre Noher
    Jean Pierre Noher
    • Ernesto Guevara Lynch (Argentina)
    • (as Jean-Pierre Noher)
    Lucas Oro
    • Roberto Guevara (Argentina)
    Marina Glezer
    • Celita Guevara (Argentina)
    Sofia Bertolotto
    Sofia Bertolotto
    • Ana María Guevara (Argentina)
    • (as Sofía Bertolotto)
    Franco Solazzi
    • Juan Martín Guevara (Argentina)
    Ricardo Díaz Mourelle
    • Uncle Jorge (Argentina)
    • (as Ricardo Diaz Mourelle)
    Sergio Boris
    • Young Traveler (Argentina)
    Daniel Kargieman
    • Young Traveler (Argentina)
    Diego Giorzi
    • Rodolfo (Argentina)
    Facundo Espinosa
    • Tomás Granado (Argentina)
    Matias Gomez
    • Kid (Argentina)
    • (as Matías Gómez)
    Diego Treu
    • Kid (Argentina)
    Ariel Verdun
    • Kid (Argentina)
    • (as Ariel Verdún)
    Gustavo Mansilla
    • Kid (Argentina)
      • Walter Salles
      • Ernesto 'Che' Guevara(book "Notas de viaje")
      • Alberto Granado(book "Con el Che por America Latina")
      • Jose Rivera(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      When Ernesto and Alberto are in Temuco, walking with the bike and reading "El Diario Austral," Alberto complains because they misspelled his last name. El Diario Austral still exists, and it's the biggest newspaper in the Araucanía region of southern Chile. During filming in Temuco, the newspaper wrote a new article about the making of the film, and deliberately misspelled Alberto's last name again, 50 years later.
    • Goofs
      At Macchu Pichu, a piece is broken off of the sundial at the Inti Huatana (Hitching Post of the Sun). The damage occurred in 2000, when a crane fell on it. In the 1950s, it was still in perfect condition.
    • Quotes

      Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: [voice over] How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?

    • Crazy credits
      The real Alberto appears at the very end of the film just before the credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Making of 'the Motorcycle Diaries' (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Adiós Muchachos
      Written by César Felipe Veldani & Julio César Sander

      Interpreted by Rodrigo de la Serna

      Interpreted by Alberto Granado

      Editorial SADAIC

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    A Politically Thoughtful and Pretty Grand Tour of South America
    "The Motorcycle Diaries" (Diarios de motocicleta) works more effectively as a bio-pic than on its own as a road movie.

    The scenery throughout Latin America is beautiful and the two leads are very affecting, especially Gael García Bernal as Ernesto Guevara de la Serna when "Che" is still nascent.

    But it's surprising how undramatic what happens that turns a sweet, middle-class med student into a revolutionary. He was already a liberal who wanted to help leprosy patients, so what happens isn't a complete turn-around -- even when they are broke, they can wire home for more money. Rather it sets off an internal thoughtfulness that is difficult to catch on film.

    Mostly just leaving his sheltered life, particularly being dropped by his wealthy girlfriend, and seeing the continent, especially his first exposure to the indigenous peoples who suffer the most in every South American country even while tourists are visiting the ruins of their ancestors, becomes the nexus of his pan-continental political ideals.

    He is mostly an observer and inconsistent protester of injustice, not a victim -- it's startling that his culminating noble sojourn at the leper colony, where he can put his skills and indivisible warmth to specific good, is only for three weeks.

    So there's no eye-opening "Grapes of Wrath" conflict, though he is always contrasted with his carefree companion, Alberto Granado. Their close camaraderie is well-captured and Ernesto has a profound impact on him, as we learn in a final biographical summary.

    It is amusing that Ernesto contradicts the stereotype of the Latin male sensualist and is a terrible dancer to the lovely soundtrack.
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    • Oct 15, 2004

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    • Release date
      • October 15, 2004 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • France
      • Argentina
      • Peru
      • Chile
      • Germany
      • Spanish
      • Quechua
      • Mapudungun
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    • Filming locations
      • Chuquicamata, Región de Antofagasta, Chile
    • Production companies
      • FilmFour
      • South Fork Pictures
      • Tu Vas Voir Productions
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    • 2 hours 6 minutes
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      • Black and White
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital

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